Regular biography
Suma Bhat is a Research Scholar in the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University. Her research interests span the social aspects of language use, with a focus on natural language processing. Her work explores how machines can understand the nuances of human language in social contexts and how advances in NLP and machine learning can enhance user experience in human-AI interactions. Her research aims to build language technologies that are socially aware.
Scholar-generated biography
Suma Bhat is a researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, focusing on natural language processing and educational applications of AI. Her work explores methods to enhance language models for tasks such as text style transfer, euphemism detection, and counterspeech generation against hate speech. She has also investigated the use of AI in education, including the prediction of student attrition in MOOCs and the development of conversational agents for educational purposes. Her research emphasizes improving the linguistic quality of generated text and assessing syntactic complexity in spontaneous speech. Bhat's contributions span both theoretical and applied aspects of NLP, with a focus on real-world impact.